MLC Nomination Talks Likely In Uddhav Thackeray-Governor Meet: Sources

The Maharashtra Cabinet had sent the proposal to the Governor eight months ago, but the governor has not acted on it yet and kept it pending.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena), Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar (NCP) and Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat (Congress) is likely to meet Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari this evening at 7 PM. According to sources, the nomination of twelve members to the state legislative council is likely to be discussed in the meeting. The Maharashtra Cabinet had sent the proposal to the Governor eight months ago, but the governor has not acted on it yet and kept it pending. The matter had reached the Bombay High Court too and the court had observed that the seats in the legislative council "cannot be kept vacant indefinitely", nudging the Maharashtra Governor and the Chief Minister to discuss the issue of nominating members to the council - underlining that a delay of eight months in deciding the issue is beyond reasonable time. The Maharashtra government had moved court over the Governor delaying the issue of nominating twelve members to the legislative council.